Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2668: Killing
On the first day of November in the 43rd year of Qianlong, the emperor entered the fasting palace to fast for the winter solstice festival.

On the fourth day of November, the emperor, who was nearly seventy years old, went to Huanqiu in the southern suburbs to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven during the winter solstice.

Just when the whole country was celebrating the Winter Solstice, and the emperor had just finished offering sacrifices to heaven, on the seventh day of November, there was news that Concubine Dun had summoned a woman in her palace and punished her to death—because of the mysterious Concubine Dun was furious about the first birth, and Concubine Dun questioned Guanlan.

However, Guan Lan felt innocent, but returned to Concubine Ming Dun according to the words of the imperial predecessors, and said with certainty that she had no intention of deceiving her master.

The more Concubine Dun heard this, the more annoyed she became, and she ordered Zhang to blame Guan Lan.During the torture process, Tingyu was still asked to keep asking Guanlan if he pleaded guilty, but Guanlan still refused to admit to deliberately deceiving, and Tingyu had intentions in the middle, and finally beat Guanlan to death... …

The emperor issued a decree: "... This is a shocking sight. You should know that there were some concubines who had a bad temper and beat up the maidservants, causing them to commit suicide in a hurry. Although the person in charge should not be too serious torture, and the deceased committed suicide due to embarrassment, but once it was heard, they were all punished according to the circumstances, and there has never been a concubine who beat a maid to death with poison."

"If the case of Concubine Dun is not dealt with seriously, it will not be fair in terms of sentiment and law. It is not enough to make people who prepare for the imperial court know how to be vigilant. What's more, the ministers and officials of the Manchu and Han Dynasties punished and beat the slaves according to the law. Those who are to be executed immediately will be dealt with separately according to their circumstances. If it is serious, it will be dismissed, and if it is light, it will be demoted. The rules are strict. How can I discriminate a little bit?"

"Concubine Dun immediately conferred the title of concubine as a warning."

Concubine Dun became the No. 1 official woman who was beaten to death in the harem of the Qing Dynasty. Even the emperor was shocked and rare.

In addition to demoting Concubine Dun, the emperor also held the chief eunuchs in Concubine Dun's palace accountable, and even the eunuchs in charge of the palace supervisor: "In the case of Concubine Dun, the chief eunuchs Guo Jinzhong and Liu Liang were convicted very seriously. Remove the top belt from the leather, and fine money and food for two years;”

"The chief eunuch is also hard to shirk the blame. Except for Guiyuan who is in the office, Xiao Yunpeng is also in charge of the tea and dining room, serving in front of the imperial court every day, and cannot return to the palace for inspection. The two Yi are exonerated. Wang Cheng, Wang Cheng, Wang Zhong, Wang Chengyi, Zheng Yuzhu, and Zhao Desheng are all in charge of the inner court. Today, Concubine Dun beat and killed the maid, and Yi and others can't do anything to dissuade them. What are they doing? They each fined money and grain for one year. Yi and others should be fined money and food, and half of the fine will be deducted from each name. The other half will also be paid by Concubine Dun."

"All the women who were beaten to death will be fined 100 taels of silver by Concubine Dun to be buried by their parents."

In this way, in addition to her status being demoted, Concubine Dun had to pay compensation in money, and offended the entire palace eunuch, and even the chief eunuchs in her own palace, all the eunuchs of high grade from top to bottom. .

She had to pay half a year's food and money for all the eunuchs who were punished first; she also had to pay Fu Guanlan's parents 100 taels of silver.

This amount of money does not seem to be a large amount, but the yearly silver for a concubine is only 300 taels; , making ends meet.

Besides, money is still a trivial matter, she has implicated so many people in the palace, from the chief eunuch to the chief eunuch, it can be said that with this incident, all the eunuchs of high grade have been implicated... Eunuchs are the most vengeful in this world , and is the most powerful person in the harem, the impact on her is more than Yin Zi itself, I don't know how many times.

Also, because of her matter, the emperor also admonished the princes in the decree, "not only Fujin Gege and others are not suitable, but all princes should also refrain from it", "hand this decree to the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs , Instruct everyone in the inner government to know it. And write a copy of it, and hand it over to the Minister's Study Room, the Respect Room, and the Records. Let all the princes know the police department and obey them forever."

All the eunuchs in charge are innocent, and the princes have nothing to do with Concubine Dun, yet they have to be beaten by the emperor because of Concubine Dun. Princes and Fujin, it is inevitable that they have secret feelings for Concubine Dun. Resentment.

It is really rare for Concubine Dun to be able to do this to the point of "harming others and benefiting herself".Faintly, there is quite a bit of the legacy of the Nala family back then.
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"Even if she still has a tenth princess, so what? Back then, there was a direct son, the twelveth elder brother, after the empress. How did the emperor deal with their mother and child? Why is there any scruple?" Concubine Shun who got the news was naturally the most happy.

Originally, she also lost her child, and lost the backing of the Empress Dowager, so Concubine Shun was not right.But seeing that Concubine Dun was more restless than she was, and angered the emperor earlier, she told her to give up all her troubles.

Concubine Cheng also smiled lightly, "Isn't that right, who doesn't know where her breath of beating the official girl to death came from? Didn't it come from the child? She didn't know in her heart what happened to her. What's going on, you really thought you won the emperor's favor and stepped on us?"

Concubine Shun lowered her head with a smile, "After all, she is a Han surnamed Baoyi, and she can't be compared with our family. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so shameless and use her own order to vent her anger on women."

Concubine Cheng nodded with a smile, "No~~ The emperor treats you completely differently from her. Even this autumn, the emperor knew that you were depressed, so he specially sent Du Tong Debao to bring back the pheasants that the emperor hunted personally. To make up your body and change your taste. It made Debao ask about your health condition, it is really worrying!"

Concubine Shun smiled and nodded, blushing slightly on her cheekbones, "I didn't expect that the emperor would treat me so well after that incident. I thought that the empress dowager was gone, and I didn't know why." I lost that child; and Concubine Dun still has Ten Princesses in her hands, so I will naturally lose my status in the Emperor's heart... But the Emperor did not treat me badly."

Concubine Cheng sighed deeply, "Yes, although the emperor openly said that he would not establish a queen because of Jin Congshan's incident, but the emperor still treats you well, which means that the emperor's attitude towards you in the past was only from the establishment of the empress. That's where the pressure came from."

Concubine Shun sighed softly, "That's right, just think about it again, but after all, if you can't give birth to a prince, what chance is there for you to be promoted?"

Concubine Cheng shook Concubine Shun's hand, "No matter what, we are members of Niu Hulu's family! The Emperor will never treat us poorly."
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In the 44th year of Qianlong, the matter of the two concubines of Concubine Dun and Concubine Shun finally officially came to an end with Concubine Dun's demotion.

Originally, concubine Dun was ranked ahead of concubine Shun because of the birth of ten princesses, but because of this demotion, concubine Dun fell behind concubine Shun.

On the first day of February in the 44th year of Qianlong, just after the New Year, the emperor called the eunuch Chang Ning to pass the decree: "The residence of Concubine Shun in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is given to Concubine Dun, and the residence of Concubine Dun is given to Concubine Shun", and Concubine Shun and Concubine Dun were placed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The residence is reversed.

Concubine Dun's residence was originally above Concubine Shun's. At this time, the residence was reversed, which meant that Concubine Shun's residence was raised, so that Concubine Shun surpassed Concubine Wang again.

(End of this chapter)